Re: [Sheflug] modem question

[lesleyb <lesley.binks [at] xxxxxxxxx>]

robert fallis wrote:
> I am thinking about getting a new external  modem, and giving my daughter my 
> old one, Amazon has some usb modems, will they work with Suse 9? and what are 
> the pro's and con's of them? sorry to ask but I'm feeling my age at the 
> moment,
>
> regards
> bob
The Alcatel Speedtouch worked ok for me especially once they'd included 
the drivers in the kernel.  But it was a pain to set up under SuSE 8.2.

I have however now "upgraded" to a D-Link DSL-300T ADSL/Ethernet job 
because I am now also using BSD as my gateway machine and hanging a home 
network off the other side of that.

All you need for an Ethernet style modem is a NIC in your box and the 
modem.  No driver problems with Ethernet at all.

I can confirm that SuSE 9.2 chugs along quite happily with the D-Link 
DSL-300T connected a D-Link DFE528TX ethernet card in the box.  Bought 
both off http://www.ebuyer.co.uk .

If you are happy to fit a network card in your box I would advise that 
sort of route rather than a USB modem.

HTH

Lesley
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